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Going Beyond Healing With DFU Offloading
09/30/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
The patient’s care doesn’t always end with a closed wound, especially when it comes to offloading and total contact casts. As the adage goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But what happens to diabetic foot ulcers (DFU)...
The patient’s care doesn’t always end with a closed wound, especially when it comes to offloading and total contact casts. As the adage goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But what happens to diabetic foot ulcers (DFU)...
The patient’s care doesn’t...
09/30/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
Goodbye Volume, Hello Value
09/30/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
How much of your time do you spend focused on volume-based payment (the way you have always done things) vs. the new value-based system? Are you beginning the transition away from volume-based payment, or hoping you can retire before you have...
How much of your time do you spend focused on volume-based payment (the way you have always done things) vs. the new value-based system? Are you beginning the transition away from volume-based payment, or hoping you can retire before you have...
How much of your time do you...
09/30/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Let's Be Frank
Managing the ‘Weepy Leg’ of Chronic Wound Edema
09/04/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
When treating excessive lower extremity drainage due to edema, complete decongestive therapy can go a long way to resolve a “weepy leg.”
When treating excessive lower extremity drainage due to edema, complete decongestive therapy can go a long way to resolve a “weepy leg.”
When treating excessive lower...
09/04/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
How NPWT Changed Wound Care and Why We Need to Think Like Oncologists
09/03/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...
My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...
My suite-mate in college used to...
09/03/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
A Way to Save Wound Care
08/02/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Normally we would remove a physician with numbers like that from our provider network.” That’s what the chief medical officer of a clinically integrated network (CIN) said on this week’s monthly physician advisory board conference...
Normally we would remove a physician with numbers like that from our provider network.” That’s what the chief medical officer of a clinically integrated network (CIN) said on this week’s monthly physician advisory board conference...
Normally we would remove a...
08/02/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Nutrition, Wound Healing, and Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
07/03/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
In about 1991, I was a new faculty member at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. One quiet Saturday morning I took my Mom and Dad to see the original section of Hermann Hospital, a Spanish Colonial building dating to...
In about 1991, I was a new faculty member at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. One quiet Saturday morning I took my Mom and Dad to see the original section of Hermann Hospital, a Spanish Colonial building dating to...
In about 1991, I was a new...
07/03/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Let's Be Frank
The Importance of Nutrition in Reducing Pressure Ulcers
07/03/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
It is estimated that more than 2.5 million patients in the United States are being treated for pressure ulcers/injuries in acute care facilities each year and that 60,000 die from their complications.1 Patients admitted to the hospital are...
It is estimated that more than 2.5 million patients in the United States are being treated for pressure ulcers/injuries in acute care facilities each year and that 60,000 die from their complications.1 Patients admitted to the hospital are...
It is estimated that more than...
07/03/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
For Wound Care Formularies, It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid
06/07/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A 2018 Navigant report1 found that two-thirds of health systems saw operating income decline between fiscal year (FY) 2015 and FY 2017. Among those hospitals experiencing a decline in operating earnings, the average drop was a staggering 44%....
A 2018 Navigant report1 found that two-thirds of health systems saw operating income decline between fiscal year (FY) 2015 and FY 2017. Among those hospitals experiencing a decline in operating earnings, the average drop was a staggering 44%....
A 2018 Navigant report1 found...
06/07/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Let's Be Frank
Wound Dressing Selection Is More Than a Choice
06/07/2019
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
The use of dressings to treat chronic wounds dates back to ancient times. But as we all well know that time does not truly heal all wounds, and certainly not chronic wounds, we also know that not all dressings heal all wounds. It’s what we do...
The use of dressings to treat chronic wounds dates back to ancient times. But as we all well know that time does not truly heal all wounds, and certainly not chronic wounds, we also know that not all dressings heal all wounds. It’s what we do...
The use of dressings to treat...
06/07/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
Would Medicare for All Mean Healthcare for None?
05/13/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
As the U.S. political left fully embraces socialism publicly and more Americans go without care because their private insurance has a staggering annual deductible, there’s more support for socializing U.S. healthcare. There was talk about...
As the U.S. political left fully embraces socialism publicly and more Americans go without care because their private insurance has a staggering annual deductible, there’s more support for socializing U.S. healthcare. There was talk about...
As the U.S. political left fully...
05/13/2019
Today's Wound Clinic

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